Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University.
Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University.
Perspect Psychol Sci. 2022 Nov;17(6):1624-1632. doi: 10.1177/17456916211072826. Epub 2022 Jun 24.
Psychopathology is a common element of the human experience, and psychological scientists are not immune. Recent empirical data demonstrate that a significant proportion of clinical, counseling, and school psychology faculty and graduate students have lived experience, both past and present, of psychopathology. This commentary compliments these findings by leveraging the perspectives of the authors and signatories, who have personal lived experience of psychopathology, to improve professional inclusivity in these fields. By "coming out proud," the authors aim to foster discussion, research, and inclusion efforts as they relate to psychopathology experiences in psychological science. To that end, the authors describe considerations related to disclosure of lived experience, identify barriers to inclusion, and provide concrete recommendations for personal and systemic changes to improve recognition and acceptance of psychopathology lived experience among psychologists.
心理病理学是人类经验的一个共同要素，心理科学家也不例外。最近的实证数据表明，相当一部分临床、咨询和学校心理学教师和研究生都有过去和现在的心理病理学生活经历。本评论通过利用作者和签署人的观点来补充这些发现，这些作者有心理病理学的个人生活经历，以提高这些领域的专业包容性。通过“自豪地站出来”，作者旨在促进与心理科学中的心理病理学经历相关的讨论、研究和包容努力。为此，作者描述了与生活经历披露相关的考虑因素，确定了包容的障碍，并提供了个人和系统变革的具体建议，以提高心理学家对心理病理学生活经历的认识和接受。
